Paramedic makes TIMES Top 100 Most Influential People

[Hockey]

A Toronto paramedic who cracked TIME Magazine‘s 2010 list of the “100 most influential people in the world” is on his way to a star-studded gala in New York city next Tuesday held in honour of nominees including the likes of President Barack Obama, Steve Jobs, Conan O’Brien and Lady Gaga.

Rahul Singh, a 20-year veteran paramedic, said he was looking forward to making the trip to the gala next week with his wife: “I’ve have to go buy a [new] shirt I guess,” he said. “One that doesn’t have a mustard stain.”

Singh’s work as founder of GlobalMedic, a disaster relief organization made of volunteer paramedics, police officers and firefighters, brought him to the attention of TIME and the paramedic sees the gala as a chance to hit up some of his wealthy fellow nominees for donations to support his humanitarian work:

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[DaniGrrl]

That is really cool. It sounds like Doctors Without Borders, I'd love to participate in something like that one day.

 

[WolfmanHarris]

http://www.globalmedic.ca/

They do excellent work! All about capacity building and build some self-sufficiency into the areas they help. Raul's an awesome presence in person (attended a seminar of his at a conference). A few medics at my service do work with Globalmedic and it's on my list once I've had more time getting used to the job and paying off my student debt.

 

[firetender]

This IS momentous! And, yes, we can change the world.

Personally, I think medics, through experience, grow up fast and learn to see the world through a special filter. They already know how to take action, and know when they choose to fight for something (like someone's life!), they give it all they've got. A high sense of discernment, the ability to break down complex situations into succinct communications and the finesse to diplomatically diffuse an incendiary situation and get the job done are all life-skills with many, many applications.

I've been falling back on these skills for 25 years. In fact, since I think I'm so damn hot, I've never settled for doing anything that I do not feel passionate about! Any time I made big money it just kinda happened while doing what I loved. I also got to fail a lot without losing my center. (Hmmm...wonder where I learned that?)

Consider just how transferable these skills are. You can master, in the field, a way of thinking that takes in the Big Picture while still attending to all the little details. Assembling the details and formulating a plan of action are things most people don't know how to do automatically. You can fit yourself in anywhere!

My beef is I often see medics MISS the incredible amount of value there is in doing the work and getting deep in to it, yes, including getting educated! The idea is to build up yourself as a person, within the context of the work.

Look at this guy as encouragement for you to create something to benefit the world. You have what it takes to create something as cool as him!